Lonely Planet Thailand (Country Travel Guide)
by Austin Bush, Brandon Presser, Catherine Bodry, China Williams, Mark Beales, Tim Bewer
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Author: Austin Bush, Brandon Presser, Catherine Bodry, China Williams, Mark Beales, Tim BewerBrand: LONELY PLANET
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-08-01
ISBN: 174179157X
Number of pages: 820
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Book Reviews of Lonely Planet Thailand (Country Travel Guide)
Book Review: UNRELIABLE
Summary: 2 Stars
The 13th edition of this guide is one of the worst and most unreliable LP Thailand guides ever printed.
Much of the information in the book in unreliable, inaccurate and outdated. Lonely Planet's "expert" writers, at best, are worse than incompetent, amateur fact-checkers. The editing of this book is no better. The writing, descriptions and travel guidelines are not remotely cohesive or consistent. This book suffers from having too much half-a##ed writers, un-charming anecdotes and "personality" and zero competent editing.
Many lodging descriptions are completely bogus--it is clear that whoever wrote many of them has not visited the properties in years. Much of the contact info (phone numbers and websites) for hotels/guesthouses/etc... is inaccurate and unreliable. Example -- a hotel in Krabi described as "quite comfortable" is in reality a run-down, dirty, mold-filled, over-priced s-hole. There are at least 1/2 dozen far cleaner, far nicer, safer and significantly cheaper accommodations on the same street. It is clear that LP has not bothered to verify their information in years. What may have been "quite comfortable" 5-7 years ago is now a dump. Another example-- none of the contact info for a very popular, highly rated, new hotel on Phi Phi is valid.
Many travel/transport guidelines are ridiculously and unacceptably incomplete, inaccurate and useless. For example -- the directions on how to get to Ko Pha Ngan recommend that you take a train to Chumpon then a ferry to KPN. But there are no ferries from Chumpon to Ko Pha Ngan! There's only one catamaran that makes 2 trips a day to Ko Tao and costs 5 times more than the Raja ferry from Don Sak to KPN. Chumpon is probably the worst route, longest boat ride and most expensive option for getting to Ko Pha Ngan by boat. The other option presented in this book is to take the ferry that departs "6 times a day from Surat Thani". But here is no day ferry from Surat Thani. There is a ferry that departs at least 6 times a day from the Raja Ferry pier in Don Sak, which is 50 km east of Surat Thani. But you won't find that out until you waste time traveling to the Thong Sala pier in Surat Thani. This is a complete failure in the most basic, elementary fact-checking for one of the most popular destinations in all of Thailand. If LP can not be trusted to provide accurate information for traveling to one of the most popular destinations in Thailand how can they be trusted at all. The entire book is filled with gross failures such as this.
I have lost almost all confidence in LP with this book. It is clear that they are getting lazy, greedy and taking advanage of the reputation they have built over the years as a reliable, trustworthy source of accurate travel information.
Summary of Lonely Planet Thailand (Country Travel Guide)
Nobody knows Thailand like Lonely Planet. Our 13th edition will have you soaking up the sun on the island paradises of the south, trekking among the hill tribes and riding elephants in Chiang Mai, discovering the ancient temples of Sukhothai and snapping up bargains or being pampered in a spa in Bangkok.Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In This Guide:
Detailed advice on everything from food & drink to transport & health
Special 'Thailand & You' chapter with tips on culture and etiquette
Extensive Deep South coverage eases your travels in the conflicted region
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